Complete Set of RAS Pathway Genes

A community conversation highlighted 180 genes considered to comprise the core of the RAS pathway. Now the RAS Reference Reagents program has used data from The Cancer Genome Atlas to construct entry clones of each gene representing the dominant transcript across more than 30 human cancers. All 180 genes (both stop and no-stop versions) are available through Addgene.

Reagents for Producing Fully-Processed KRAS 4B Protein

FNL scientists recently published a description of the cloning, expression, and characterization of fully-processed (farnesylated, carboxymethylated) KRAS 4b protein (Gillette WK, et al., Sci Rep. 2015, 5:15916. doi: 10.1038/srep15916). Both the baculovirus (expresses KRAS 4b and the human farnesyltransferase) and the baculovirus host strain (Hi5, Trichoplusia ni) used in the FNL procedure are available under a Material Transfer Agreement.

Wild-Type and Mutant KRAS, HRAS, and NRAS Genes

A collection of 60 wild-type and mutant RAS genes as Gateway entry clones is now available through Addgene. The collection comprises wild-type HRAS, NRAS, KRAS4a and KRAS4b genes, and mutant KRAS4b (N=36), KRAS4a (N=6), HRAS (N=7) and NRAS (N=7) genes. All the clones are fully sequenced and have the same context to enable optimal correlation of phenotype with genotype.